Ballerup station is a

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serving the suburb of

Ballerup Ballerup is a Danish town, seat of the Ballerup Municipality, in the Region Hovedstaden. There are approximately 25 schools in Ballerup Municipality. Ballerup has its own educational institution specialized in the study, training and research o ...

northwest of

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. It is situated in the middle of the suburb, and is integrated in the adjacent shopping center ''Ballerup Centret''. Ballerup station is located on the Frederikssund radial of Copenhagen's S-train network, a hybrid

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and

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system serving

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. It is an important transport hub for public transport in the northwestern suburbs of Copenhagen, and its large bus terminal is the terminus for many local bus lines through the rural areas outside the urban corridor that continues towards

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. The station is the terminus for most trains on the H-line S-train service, and contains a group of parking and reversing tracks between the main tracks west of the platform.

History

Ballerup station opened on 17 June 1879 as one of the original

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s on the

Frederikssund Line Frederikssundbanen is one of six radial S-train lines in Copenhagen; it connects the city center with a number of Northwestern suburbs (notably Herlev and Ballerup) and other townships until Frederikssund on the Western coast of the Nordsjælland ...

between

and

Frederikssund Frederikssund () is a Denmark, Danish town, seat of the Frederikssund Municipality, in the Capital Region of Denmark, Region Hovedstaden with a population of 17,583 (1 January 2025).

. On 15 May 1949, the S-train network was extended to Ballerup and, for 40 years, Ballerup was a main transfer point between S-trains and the local diesel trains between Ballerup and Frederikssund. On 28 May 1989, S-train service was extended from Ballerup all the way to Frederikssund.

Architecture

Like many of the railway stations on the

, Ballerup station's original station building from 1879 was built to designs by the Danish architect Simon Peter Christian Bendtsen (1842–1912). The station building was torn down in 1988 and replaced with the current structure which is integrated in the adjacent shopping centre, ''Ballerup Centret''.

Facilities

The station has a combined ticket office and

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operated by

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, as well as automated ticket machines. Adjacent to the station is a bus terminal. The station forecourt has a

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, and the station also has a

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as well as a

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with approximately 111 parking spaces.

Operations

Ballerup station is served regularly by trains on the C-line of Copenhagen's S-train network which run between and via Ballerup and central Copenhagen. On weekdays the station is also served by trains on the H-line which run between Ballerup and in central Copenhagen.

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responsible for

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and

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of most of the Danish railway network
DSB
– the Danish national

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Danske Jernbaner
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in Denmark {{DEFAULTSORT:Ballerup Station

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Buildings and structures in Ballerup Municipality S-train (Copenhagen) stations Railway stations in Denmark opened in 1879